Federal prosecutors have charged 21 people in the past couple of weeks with allegedly engaging in various health care fraud schemes related to the Covid-19 pandemic that amounted to about $150 million in illegal government claims. The cases have been filed in
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In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Biden announced that he is appointing a new Chief Prosecutor to the DOJ’s COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force. According to the White House, the Chief Prosecutor will lead teams of specialized prosecutors
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The Department of Justice announced criminal charges against 138 people, including 42 medical professionals, for health care fraud that involved about $1.4 billion. The charged schemes include telemedicine fraud, Covid-19 fraud, sober homes cases, opioid distribution fraud, and other “traditional” health care fraud such as fraudulent billing.